Lyn McConchie

13 original short stories and poems from talented authors of horror from around the world. Published monthly. This month, our cover art features a haunting Maori tale from New Zealand "Grave Matters". Our New Year's short story, "Dredged," is sure to help you bring 2016 in with a chill. This issue also includes alien abductions, strange creatures, telepathic mayhem, and loads of zombies. In this issue: POETRY "Devourer of the World" by Christina Sng "Aberrations of Nibiru" by D.B. Heath "Cemetery Petals" by Vincent Baverso "Not Dead Yet" by KC Wilder SHORT STORIES "Grave Matters" by Lyn McConchie "Pavlov's Zombie" by Michael Kellar "The Morning After" by J. D. Brucker "Treed" by Joshua D. Moyes "Trauma" by Karen Heslop "Redemption Run" by Kip McKnight "Virgin Birth" by Brian H. Seitzman "Dredged" by Jon Stubbington SERIAL "Z Journal of Ivy Gage" (Part 4) by Alarick Vaughan ILLUSTRATIONS Rich Rethorn Jon Stubbington COVER ART Luke Spooner

When first published, "The Beast Master" was a new kind of science fiction adventure, featuring a Native American (Navajo) protagonist, Hosteen Storm, a soldier with a unique team animals with whom he has a telepathic mind-link.The time is the future, when Earth has been devastated by interstellar war with the alien Xik. Storm is now on the planet Arzor. Once the home of an ancient, long-dead alien civilization, it is now inhabited by human colonists and the indigenous Norbies. Storm and the other Arzorites must fight the Xik, who are intent on to destroying all life but their own. With rousing action and Norton's unique ability to evoke the strangeness and mystery of ancient alien civilizations, "The Beast Master, "and its sequel, "Lord of Thunder" remain fresh and enthralling, a half-century after their debut."